Easter and my birthday

These are some pictures I wanted to post for a while now of my birthday when we had all the PA grandkids, and of Easter. From left to right is Tim (10), Mary Kate (1 ), Grandmum, Megan (5), Owen (7) and Andrew (9)
They were staying with us for a couple of days.


Me with my Birthday flowers and cards. I was so blessed! (Tim got me the ones on the right, and they sure smelled good)


Whenever I take out the camera everybody makes their "picture face"

Mary Kate thought I wanted a picture of her mouthful of banana =) So cute!

The gang with Grandmum. (Nice pic Al)

Owen - pretty scary eh?
Easter Sunday. A very serious game has just begun, but Megan still has a smile for me.

Chess is one of their favorite things to play, especially Andrew (besides lego).

Chocolate face - after the frantic Easter egg hunt! (Aren't they beautiful??)

It's always great fun at our house. I'm not sure who enjoys it more the adults who get to hide them, or the kids who get to hunt for them.

Below is a picture of the calm after the storm =)

Mary Kate, with Mom & Dad (Dana & Will) behind her, me and Al (my Honey), sitting chatting after dinner.

I know this is not in order, but I thought these worth posting. I especially like to keep you all up to date with pictures since Dana & Will do not have the time for a blog.

They just recently added a puppy to their family ("Jackson" - the children named him - cute!). He really is adorable, but lots of work to train, as all puppies are. He's a Golden Doodle, which is a cross between a Golden Retriever and a standard Poodle. They are supposed to be fantastic dogs. I'll find out soon when I have them all for Will and Danes to get away. I hope he's at least potty trained by then, (although this is a good time before they lay their permanent flooring - they are still in the midst of remodeling & putting on the addition). Also the kids are now off on summer vacation and are able to spend the time training him. (They promised to do "everything" for him, I'm sure =)

Owen wrote the cutest heart-warming story entitled "The Boy Who Wanted A Puppy".

Well, maybe with permission from the author I'll post it at a later date with pics of "Jackson"=)